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title: CoAuthLocks.Creator Property (Word)
keywords: vbawd10.chm180487145
f1_keywords:
- vbawd10.chm180487145
ms.prod: word
api_name:
- Word.CoAuthLocks.Creator
ms.assetid: 1573e705-e795-2040-0705-d9594a9615dd
ms.date: 06/08/2017
---


# CoAuthLocks.Creator Property (Word)

Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only  **Long** .


## Syntax

 _expression_ . **Creator**

 _expression_ An expression that returns a **[CoAuthLocks](coauthlocks-object-word.md)** object.


## Remarks

If the object was created in Microsoft Word, the  **Creator** property returns the hexadecimal number 4D535744, which represents the **string** "MSWD." This property was primarily designed to be used on the Apple Macintosh, where each application has a four-character creator code. For example, Microsoft Word has the creator code MSWD. For more information about this property, see the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.


 **Note**  This value can also be represented by the constant  **wdCreatorCode** .


## See also


#### Concepts


[CoAuthLocks Object](coauthlocks-object-word.md)

